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EURO 2016 Stadiums

Ten stadiums across 10 French cities will play host to the 51 games that will be played during the month long 2016 European Championship. So where are they, how big are they and who will play there?

Stade de France

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The 2016 tournament will be the third time that a EURO finals has been staged on French soil with 10 cities across the country hosting matches at 10 stadiums 

BORDEAUX

Stade de Bordeaux

UEFA capacity: 42,000

Tenants: FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Opened: May 2015

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

12/06/16, 2am: Wales v Slovakia

15/06/16, 2am: Austria v Hungary

18/06/16, 11pm: Belgium v Republic of Ireland

22/06/16, 5am: Croatia v Spain

Quarter-finals

03/07/16, 5am: W41 v W43

BOR

LENS

Stade Bollaert-Delelis

UEFA capacity: 35,000

Tenants: RC Lens

Reopened: August 2015 (original opened in June 1933)

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

11/06/16, 11pm: Albania v Switzerland

16/06/16, 11pm: England v Wales

22/06/16, 5am: Czech Republic v Turkey

Round of 16

26/06/16, 5am: D1 v B3/E3/F3

LENS

LILLE

Stade Pierre Mauroy

UEFA capacity: 50,000

Tenants: LOSC Lille

Opened: August 2012

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)Group stage13/06/16, 5am: Germany v Ukraine

15/06/16, 11pm: Russia v Slovakia

20/06/16, 5am: Switzerland v France

23/06/16, 5am: Italy v Republic of IrelandRound of 1627/06/16, 18.00: C1 v A3/B3/F3 Quarter-finals02/07/16, 5am: W38 v W42

LILLE

LYON

Stade de Lyon

UEFA capacity: 59,000

Tenants: Olympique Lyonnais

Opened: January 2016

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)Group stage

14/06/16, 5am: Belgium v Italy

17/06/16, 2am: Ukraine v Northern Ireland

20/06/16, 5am: Romania v Albania

23/06/16, 2am: Hungary v Portugal

Round of 16

26/06/16, 11pm: A1 v C3/D3/E3

Semi-finals

07/07/16, 5am: W45 v W46

LYON

MARSEILLE

Stade Vélodrome

UEFA capacity: 67,000

Tenants: Olympique de Marseille

Reopened: October 2014 (originally opened June 1937)

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

12/06/16, 5am: England v Russia

16/06/16, 5am: France v Albania

19/06/16, 2am: Iceland v Hungary

22/06/16, 2am: Ukraine v Poland

Quarter-finals

01/07/16, 5am: W37 v W39

Semi-finals

08/07/16, 5am: W47 v W48

MAR

NICE

Stade de Nice

UEFA capacity: 35,000

Tenants: OGC Nice

Opened: September 2013

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

13/06/16, 2am: Poland v Northern Ireland

18/06/16, 5am: Spain v Turkey

23/06/16, 5am: Sweden v Belgium

Round of 16

28/06/16, 5am: B2 v F2

NICE

PARIS

Parc des Princes

UEFA capacity: 45,000

Tenants: Paris Saint-Germain

Opened: May 1972

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

12/06/16, 11pm: Turkey v Croatia

16/06/16, 2am: Romania v Switzerland

19/06/16, 5am: Portugal v Austria

22/06/16, 2am: Northern Ireland v Germany

Round of 16

26/06/16, 2am: WB v A3/C3/D3

paris

SAINT-DENIS

Stade de France

UEFA capacity: 80,000

Tenants: France national team

Opened: January 1998

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

11/06/16, 5am: France v Romania

14/06/16, 2am: Republic of Ireland v Sweden

17/06/16, 5am: Germany v Poland

23/06/16, 2am: Iceland v Austria

Round of 16

28/06/16, 2am: E1 v D2

Quarter-finals

04/07/16, 5am: W40 v W44

Final

11/07/16, 5am: W49 v W50

saint denis

SAINT-ETIENNE

Stade Geoffroy Guichard

UEFA capacity: 42,000

Tenants: AS Saint-Étienne

Opened: September 1931

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

15/06/16, 5am: Portugal v Iceland

18/06/16, 2am: Czech Republic v Croatia

21/06/16, 5am: Slovakia v England

Round of 16

25/06/16, 11pm: 2A v C2

saint etienne

TOULOUSE

Stadium de Toulouse

UEFA capacity: 33,000

Tenants: Toulouse FC

Reopened: January 2016 (original opened in June 1937)

UEFA EURO 2016 matches (All times AEST)

Group stage

13/06/16, 11pm: Spain v Czech Republic

17/06/16, 11pm: Italy v Sweden

21/06/16, 5am: Russia v Wales

Round of 16

27/06/16, 5am: F1 v E2

TOU

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